So angry right now…I warn and I warn…be prepared. I spoke to my sister 3 days ago and told her to prepare for power outages in Georgia…get water and food that can be eaten without cooking. Get batteries and flashlights. Something! Nope, normalcy bias kicks in…it’s never happened that they lose power for more than an hour, not necessary. Now they have 4 kids, no power, no water, and no food. Even if I pay to get them water and food they would be hard-pressed to find any on the shelves!

Look, I’m not crazy. It’s better to have and not need then to need and not have. I only warn because I care. EVERYONE should have the basics in the case of storms. Be able to survive for at least a week without help from anyone else, come on!

I’d watch it, but it will soak up a lot of my data (real world problems)

SledgePainter:

Be able to survive for at least a week without help from anyone else, come on!

I trust my dad with weather, but I’m happy you kept everyond posted of Irma, even though it ripped straight through Florida and didn’t bounce back through Georgia and Carolinas it could have and there was a lot of damage done in Florida, I can’t imagine what the Bahamas looks like.

My dad has never failed to keep us safe from weather, I learned something about him in the past week is that he took a Weather class. Which is useful lol, that’s why I trusted my dad on weather more that the videos you posted. Everyone knew it was going to hit Florida no doubt, mandatory evacs happen for a reason

She is heading out to someone else’s home that has power. She has enough food for everyone but it’s food that requires cooking, which she will be able to do now.

It’s just, I get so worked up over it. I’m sick and tired of being thought of as the crazy prepper person but it’s not like I’m saying go build an underground bunker and stock up on gold and ammo. By the way here is your tinfoil hat! I’m just talking the most basic things and even then it’s like nobody wants to ever think things can happen to them. (I’m actually quite happily surprised at the response of Floridians getting out of dodge, however, I didn’t expect as much exodus as we saw). Yeah, maybe the storm could have moved over Orlando and hit the Carolinas instead…then anything she would have bought been just extras or even “wasted money” if you prefer…but when I told her to move she didn’t, and then by the time things hit the fan it was too late. And I get so frustrated because kids are on the line and I’m states away and can’t do anything about it.

Hopefully her own power will be back on soon. She’s at day 2 without power.

Oh lord. I feel bad for you, but only because I know your pain. Never inhaled a seed, but I have rubbed my lips, eyes, etc, making salsa. It is real shitty if you make that mistake, but salsa is tasty so that makes up for it when you can look back and laugh at yourself.